>>16892834The gift giving part is actually pretty normal, but it's simply not on the scale of America (and for once i actually mean the continents) or Europe.
Staggering the release actually makes sense, since the 25th in Japan is the 24th in America, meaning fewer people have received their christmas gift nintendo store stuff so the servers are less taxed on that day.
I get the feeling it's some guy's whole job to determine the best days to release things.
